Food & Drink
We are talking big, open 24-hours, has parking lot category, and while we are yet to eat at a couple, this spot may just be the best in Brooklyn, full stop. The Bridgeview Diner, located on 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge, is spotless (which is quite unusual) and always full,
Neighbors
Last Thursday night Turkish Cultural Center held its 8th annual friendship dinner at the Baku Palace in Sheepshead Bay. This year the theme was combatting hate crime, and the event brought together about 300 neighbors, dignitaries, and public officials from across the borough and across religious denominations. Local Assemblyman Steven
bath beach
Department of Transportation made the following suggestions for traffic calming on Cropsey Avenue at the CB 11 Transportation Committee meeting on Wednesday, April 26: Where: Cropsey Avenue from Bay Parkway to 26th Avenue. What: * DOT will install two pedestrian refuge islands: * ten expanded median tips, * a bus-boarding island between 24th
Business
This morning a diverse crowd of tech entrepreneurs and city officials celebrated the launch of the Urban Tech Hub at New Lab [http://newlab.com/] – city’s best bet at developing homegrown tech solutions to all of our urban problems. Urban Tech Hub is a New York City Economic Development
Central Brooklyn
The New York City Police Department will be actively enforcing the law when it comes to school buses starting today, reads the email from the 70th Precinct in Flatbush. Well, to be exact, enforcing it on those who fail to stop when the bus turns on red flashing lights, as
Central Brooklyn
Around 3:30pm on an overcast Wednesday afternoon, NYC Parks Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Martin Maher, Deputy Borough President Diana Reyna and City Council Member Laurie Cumbo, cut the ribbon on the fully renovated Jackie Robinson Playground in Crown Heights. NYC Parks Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Martin Maher speaking at Jackie Robinson
Announcements
Parks Department announced this afternoon that a small swing set portion of the the Sunset Park’s Playground will open in June, and hopes to be able open the whole playground in July. We reported on Monday that the park’s opening had been quietly pushed to September [/sunset-park-playgrounds-opening-delayed-till-september/], outraging
Central Brooklyn
This coming weekend, the Flatbush Food Coop [http://flatbushfood.coop/] (1415 Cortelyou Road between Rugby and Marlborough Roads) will be hosting its fourth annual Flatbush Green Weekend — which translates to two days chock full of free eco-friendly events that are open to everyone. Here’s what’s on the schedule
Police & Fire
Two Brooklyn men, Joseph Shyknevsky, 46, and Valerian Kverenchkhiladze, 43, as well as three others were arraigned last Friday on charges related to an alleged scheme to defraud Medicaid, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s Office Announced. Shyknevsky, a licensed dentist, is charged with hiring the other four, allowing them to
Business
Tucked across from a gas station and amidst a few car repair shops at 854A Rogers Avenue in East Flatbush, a new cafe opened its doors a week ago, called – Roger That Cafe. The lovely space is the creation of Noel Black, who grew up over on Woodruff, and his
Police & Fire
The horrific Easter Sunday attack by a large group of teenagers on a 16-year-old boy that left him in a serious condition with a punctured lung shook the neighborhood. It started, according to the police, with a verbal dispute which escalated into a physical altercation. Authorities say the boy knew
Big Story
This photo was taken by Colleen Peabody-Diez on April 14, a Friday, 2017 around 2:30pm at Sunset Park. This is a common sight on many a weekday.The popular playground in Sunset Park has been under renovation for the past year and was originally expected to reopen this month,